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Should You “Wing It” or Have A Structured Sales Interaction?

MTD Sales Training

In a canned script, I am referring to the old-fashioned, smile-and-dial era, word-for-word, rehearsed, “ Pitch.” Such was a primary tool of sales people, in particular telemarketers, years ago. Whenever the idea of a planned presentation comes up, usually the first thing sales people think about is a “canned script.”

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Sales Processes Research 2020 – Something Old, Something New

Sales Hacker

Next was good old-fashioned referrals and networking, and then the newcomer LinkedIn, both through personal accounts and using Sales Navigator. Perhaps surprising was the fact that many people were still cold calling and using telemarketing.

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How To Earn A Sales Meeting In 2018 (Template Included)

Sales Hacker

SDRs aren’t just telemarketers: they’re the front line of your company’s first-impressions. That is why it’s important to set the tone before the meeting ever happens with a message like this: The best part about structuring your emails in this fashion is that it sets up all your other outbound activities as well.

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You Can’t Put in What God Left Out … and Other Important Things Learned in Business and Life

Pointclear

Years ago, when I was transitioning from being the president of a lead generation company—one of the old-fashioned kinds with very young folks, high employee turnover, high client turnover—to starting my own company, PointClear. It's really where I got experience in business to business telemarketing. Dan McDade: The big hand theory.

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PowerViews with Carlos Hidalgo: A Holistic Approach to Driving the Demand Process

Pointclear

The core challenge is really driving that demand process through the organization which is a holistic approach of people, process, content and technology—and having marketing and sales work in a collaborative fashion in each of those areas. That also includes common metrics and objectives.”. I think that it’s the way that we’re using them.

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Why Your Lead Generation is Broken

Klozers

Lead Generation needs to becomes a little more fashionable and given a much higher priority with a willingness to spend time and money on it, to do it professionally. . Marketing is by it’s nature reactive in that sales people have to then wait on the phone ringing or the website inquiry.

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The Difference Between Inside and Outside Sales, Explained 

Crunchbase

Nor is inside sales the same thing as telemarketing. Unlike telemarketing which is scripted, inside sales require skilled salespeople. Speaking concisely in a to-the-point fashion that is neither too brisk nor too lengthy. The best inside sales reps are adept at: Using strong language to shape prospect perceptions.